The singer has been waiting four long years to release this new record, having been embroiled in a court battle with producer Dr Luke after she accused him of sexually assaulting her and he countersued for defamation. She tried to break her contract under his label within Sony, but was unable to, meaning for the last four years while the lawsuit raged on she’s been unable to release solo music while sinking into a very dark place.

She’s poured the emotions of that time into new record Rainbow, and it’s painfully clear how much she suffered.

From start to finish it’s a hotbed of huge sounds, incredible vocals, and lyrics that’ll touch your soul, with overlays of live orchestras and choral music. The vulnerability of some songs will bring a tear to your eye, while others are so close to Kesha’s old sound it’ll have dance floors filled everywhere in no time.

Kesha’s album is incredible

She’s already unveiled the video for new single Praying as it will also be the first single, written with Ben Abraham and Ryan Lewis Macklemore. It’s and bold, emotional ballad, and opens with a solo piano as Kesha’s deep voice filters over the top, and it’s an anthem to everything she’s suffered in the last four years.

Unashamedly referencing the court case and what she’s been through, there’s only one person this song can be about.

‘After everything you’ve done / I can thank you for what I’ve become’ she sings. ‘No more monsters, I can breathe again.’

A huge beat kicks in and she hits an impressive high note as she sings the self-empowering words ‘the best is yet to come’. On the hook belts out the words ‘I hope your soul is changing.’ It’s incredibly personal, raw, and honest, demonstrating her incredible vocal talents and anthemic in feel.

Kesha takes us on an emotional roller coaster

It’s not the only vulnerable track on the record, in fact it’s packed with them. Rainbow is another heartbreaker, written while sat on the floor in rehab with just a toy keyboard. ‘This song was a promise to myself,’ she said. A promise that things would get better. It’s another raw track, opening with just her voice and simple piano chords.

In the opening verse she sings ‘Got back the stars in my eyes, I see the magic inside of me.’ But it builds in both sound an emotion (we won’t judge you from letting out a little tear listening to this one) as a full live orchestra kicks in. It’s as emotive as Learn To Let Go, also written about her recent hardships and inspired by a friend who survived ‘the worst childhood imaginable.’

Each track is inspiring in its own way – like Hymn, a ‘hymn for the hymnless’, a song for those who just don’t fit in.

But while there are plenty of opportunities for tears on the album, there are a couple of absolute bangers too. Woman and Bastards to be exact, and these are where the old Kesha kicks in.

There’s a lot of pain but also hope in the record (picture: REX/Shutterstock)

Woman is inspired by Donald Trump: ‘I wrote this enraged about Donald Trump’s pussy grabbing comment,’ she explained. ‘After hearing that I just got in my car screaming “I’m a motherfucking woman!” out of the window.’

And so the line ‘I’m a motherfucking woman’, which rings out throughout the entire song, was born. And Bastards, all about not letting the bullies drag you down. Best song title ever? Yep.

‘Don’t let the bastards get you down, don’t let the arseholes wear you out,’ she sings. It’s got a country vibe with a choir laid over top and it’s an upbeat end to the hot bed of emotions that the rest of the album has been.

The album is a roller coaster of emotions, making you weep at the sadness of Rainbow and fist-pumping the air with Woman, and it was so worth the wait.